tv card

[Hal Rider]

Hi,
am trying to get my tvcard to work but don't know how.

while trying to get my scanner working using xsane it only shows my tv 
card Lifeview FlyVideo 3000 as a scanner device so know the modules must 
be loaded to try run xawtv, but I get awholoelot of nothing black screen 
as if the tuner device isn't working.
when running scantv it fails after choosing the frequency table with:

vbi: open failed [/dev/vbi]
open /dev/vbi: no such file or directory

how do I load modules to test it. I know from a previous play with 
debian there was a command that showed all the modules built into the 
kernel in a terminal and you could select which ones to load in a menu 
style system. but have forgotten now how that was done. I know the 
tvcardworks as a trial with knoppix a few months back had it working great.
I am still a very much newbie to linux.

after this is done, it'll be trying to get my all-in-one epson stylus 
scanner/printer working. can get it to print so got that far just got to 
get it to recognise the scanner now.

I have goggled a lot but can't seem to find anything that has been helpful.
thanks for any help.

Haldor